This is another of the four collages Bearden included under the 1964 series
title "Prevalence of Ritual," a term that has remained essential
to our understanding of his art. See also Prevalence
of Ritual: Conjur Woman. The "prevalence of ritual" phrase became most fully associated
with Bearden's concerns when it was used in the title of his 1971 retrospective
exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York: Romare Bearden: The Prevalence
of Ritual.